The Moon Audio and Audio Magic are two different cables.
yes, I am aware of that
He is saying that the Audio magic and Canare are almost the same not the Moon Audio which is an entirely different company.
Is that what Jamie (jlykos) is saying? This is what he said:
As a point of comparison, I have used Canare StarQuad, Audio Magic X-Stream, and Monster Cables in my system. The Moon Audios beat them hands, down. Monster Cables were pure garbage; so muddy that I thought that something was wrong with my system. The Canare and the Audio Magic were so close that I would have been happy with either. But to say that "all cables sound the same" is just wrong, IMHO, as my Monster Cable experience shows.
It is not entirely clear. Is Jamie saying that the Canare and Audio Magic cables are close to each other? Perhaps, but then he says that he'd be happy with either. And he chose to go with the Moon Audio cables. But because he'd be happy with either the Canare or the Audio Magic, I read into it that both the Canare and Audio Magic were close to the Moon Audio. Perhaps I read into that too far, but I don't think so. It would be nice if Jamie popped back into this thread and clarified his opinion.
Of course this all leads into the cable wars which go on and on with no one really winning.
yes and no. I'm not interested in "winning". Nor am I interested in getting into a debate about whether or not there is an audible difference between cables.
what I
am interested in hearing is this: Jamie said that he'd be happy with either the Canare or Audio Magic. But instead, he chose to spend significant more money on the Moon Audio cables. I'd like to hear more about his reasoning. It seems obvious (but perhaps it isn't) that Jamie thinks the difference in sound quality is worth the extra money. In other words, even though he would be happy with the Canare or Audio Magic cables, he is
more happy with the Moon Audio. and willing to spend a lot more to get that incremental difference. But again, I'd like to hear more from Jamie. What specifically does he hear with the Moon Audio cables that is better than the others. I'm genuinely curious.
I do know that shielding is more important than ever in today's wireless world. RFI is everywhere! The theory is that the silver cables deliver a "better" signal. Does silver plated VS solid silver matter? I don't know. Can you hear the difference? I guess that depends on what shape your hearing is in, what you are recording with and what you are recording and your playback system.
absolutely, the shield is very important. I think the Canare braided shield does a wonderful job. I've never heard any noise on any of my recordings. and I've certainly been in lots of small clubs with lots of RFI... is the Moon Audio shield better? is it measurably better? If the purpose is to block out noise, in order to be better, there would have to be a side-by-side, and you get noise in one recording, and not in the other. do you agree?